The image above shows how bad the roads have gotten in the Des Moines Metro area. The road was closed westbound due to the semi accident (which you can see blocking the two lanes of the road). Numerous other accidents have occurred in and around Des Moines all morning and into the afternoon. If you …

Roads in the western half of the state are mostly to completely covered in snow, while other roads in the central sections are partly to completely covered. Many of the roads in the eastern sections of the state are normal because of the lack of any snow that has fallen in those areas. These too …

Travel is becoming difficult across the western and northwestern sections of the state this afternoon. Many roads are covered with a mix of ice and or slush in the central counties where some light freezing rain has occurred. In NW Iowa, most of the roads are covered with snow. There are numerous tow bans across …

The road conditions early this morning are still not very good, especially in the areas where the heavy snow fell this past weekend. With the bitterly cold weather, it is very hard for the chemicals that they use to melt the ice and snow off the roads. These conditions will still be somewhat hazardous on …

Road conditions have greatly improved over 24 hours ago, however with the cold temperatures and the gusty winds still blowing across the state, some snow may blow over the roads. With the cold weather, a lot of the chemicals that they use to melt the ice and snow off the roads doesn’t work as well …

Many roads in the western half of the state are now either impassable or travel isn’t advised on them. This will also be likely for the roads and highways in the eastern half of the state over the next few hours as blizzard conditions move in. If you aren’t experiencing blizzard conditions at this time, …

Here is the current road conditions across the state. The roads that are labeled in red are impassable or closed. Purple indicated travel not advised (some of these roads have been closed off and on all afternoon and will likely close this evening), pink indicates completely or mostly covered roads, blue indicates partly covered roads. …